PopWatch v1.07 An application to monitor your POP3 mailbox

To use the program simply run the PopWatch executable and it will minimize to the tray notification area. When the server is checked, the icon in the tray notification area will be changed to indicate if there is some mail in your mailbox. The tooltip associated with the icon will also be changed to indicate the number of emails waiting and the total size in Kilobytes of all the emails.

Copyright

• You are allowed to include the source code in any product (commercial, shareware, freeware or otherwise) when your product is released in binary form.
• You are allowed to modify the source code in any way you want except you cannot modify the copyright details at the top of each module.
• If you want to distribute source code with your application, then you are only allowed to distribute versions released by the author. This is to maintain a single distribution point for the source code.

Updates

V1.0 (6 January 1999)

• Initial public release.

V1.01 (22 February 1999)

• Now uses v1.12 of my POP3 class.

V1.02 (26 March 2000)

• Full source code for the project is now included.
• Now uses v1.20 of my POP3 class.
• Now uses v1.41 of my CRasMonitor class (which itself requires a number of my other projects).

V1.03 (13 June 2001)

• Now includes a Check Now option. Thanks to Nick Hundley and "prapp" for this nice addition.
• PopWatch code now correctly builds if you choose to use the "Static MFC" option. Thanks to Bui Huy Kien for spotting this.
• Now uses v1.43 of my CRasMonitor class.
• Now uses v1.43 of my CTrayNotifyIcon class.
• Now uses v1.05 of my CPDH class.
• Now supports Win2k Balloon Style tooltips.

V1.04 (27 July 2001)

• Now uses v1.22 of my POP3 class.
• Tray Icon is changed when mail is being checked.
• Fixed a bug which was keeping the "Only Check Server when Modem is connected" option from working.

V1.05 (23 June 2002)

• Now supports checking multiple POP3 accounts. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.
• Passwords for the POP3 accounts are now stored encrypted. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.
• Nows use v1.25 of my POP3 class.
• Now uses v1.5 of my CRasMonitor class.
• Now uses v1.45 of my CTrayNotifyIcon class.
• Now uses v1.06 of my CPDH class.
• Now allows a program to be run when mail has arrived. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.
• Now can play a sound file when mail has arrived. Thanks to Markus Loibl for this suggestion.

V1.06 (24 June 2002)

• Moved application to Visual C++ v6.
• Provided missing mneumonics in the general settings and account dialogs.
• Fixed a logic bug where the tooltip was saying "0 error(s)" when in fact it was successful.
• Fixed a bug where the ordering of the accounts in the settings dialog could get out of sync when new items were added. Thanks to John Craig for spotting this.

V1.07 (16 April 2005)

• Now uses v1.35 of my POP3 class.
• Now uses v1.51 of my CRasMonitor class.
• Now uses v1.49 of my CTrayNotifyIcon class.
• Now uses v1.08 of my CHookWnd class.
• Now uses v1.07 of my CPDH class.
• Now uses v1.17 of my DDXFile code.
• Application now includes an XP Manifest.
• Port to connect to POP3 server can now be customized.
• Now supports connection to POP3 servers which require SSL e.g. GMail. Thanks to Paul Duggan for suggesting this nice addition.
• An account can now be temporarily excluded from the check by marking it as "disabled".
• Tray tooltip text is now updated as each account is being checked.

The enclosed zip file contains the PopWatch program, its help file and its source code. You will need the MFC DLL's already installed on your machine. If you haven't already got them on your machine (MFC42.DLL in your Windows system directory), then grab them from http://www.naughter.com/download/vcredist.exe. For further information on the POP3 class the PopWatch code uses, please refer to the CPop3Connection page